Lippe Landtag elections in the Weimar Republic

Landtag elections in the Free State of Lippe (Freistaat Lippe) during the Weimar Republic were held at irregular intervals between 1919 and 1933. Results with regard to the total vote, the percentage of the vote won and the number of seats allocated to each party are presented in the tables below.^[1] On 31 March 1933, the sitting Landtag was dissolved by the Nazi-controlled central government and reconstituted to reflect the distribution of seats in the national Reichstag. The Landtag subsequently was formally abolished as a result of the "Law on the Reconstruction of the Reich" of 30 January 1934 which replaced the German federal system with a unitary state.^[2]

1919

The 1919 Lippe state election was held on 26 January 1919 to elect the 21 members of the Landtag.


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Social Democratic Party of Germany	38,104	50.14	11
	German National People's Party	16,973	22.33	5
	German Democratic Party	15,061	19.82	4
	Lippe Electoral Association	5,855	7.70	1
Total		75,993	100.00	21

Source: ^[3]

1921

The 1921 Lippe state election was held on 23 January 1921 to elect the 20 members of the Landtag.


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Social Democratic Party of Germany	25,751	32.66	8
	German National People's Party	17,958	22.78	5
	German People's Party	15,435	19.58	4
	German Democratic Party	9,034	11.46	2
	Union Federation	4,514	5.73	1
	Communist Party of Germany	3,728	4.73	1
	Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany	2,416	3.06	0
Total		78,836	100.00	21

Source: ^[4]

1925

The 1925 Lippe state election was held on 18 January 1925 to elect the 21 members of the Landtag.


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Social Democratic Party of Germany	30,144	34.33	8
	German National People's Party	22,285	25.38	6
	German People's Party and Centre Party	13,817	15.74	3
	German Democratic Party	7,115	8.10	1
	Economic Association of House and Land Owners	5,570	6.34	1
	Union Federation	4,551	5.18	1
	Communist Party of Germany	3,649	4.16	1
	National Socialist Freedom Movement	678	0.77	0
Total		87,809	100.00	21

Source: ^[5]

1929

The 1929 Lippe state election was held on 6 January 1929 to elect the 21 members of the Landtag.


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Social Democratic Party of Germany	31,540	38.98	9
	German People's Party	10,054	12.43	3
	German National People's Party	9,576	11.84	3
	Christian-National Peasants' and Farmers' Party	6,412	7.93	2
	Reich Party of the German Middle Class	5,590	6.91	1
	Communist Party of Germany	4,987	6.16	1
	German Democratic Party	4,495	5.56	1
	Reich Party for Civil Rights and Deflation	3,225	3.99	1
	Nazi Party	2,713	3.35	0
	Catholic People's Representatives (Centre Party)	2,313	2.86	0
Total		80,905	100.00	21

Source: ^[6]

1933

The 1933 Lippe state election was held on 15 January 1933 to elect the 21 members of the Landtag.


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Nazi Party	39,064	39.48	9
	Social Democratic Party of Germany	29,827	30.15	7
	Communist Party of Germany	11,047	11.17	2
	German National People's Party	6,009	6.07	1
	Evangelical People's Service	4,525	4.57	1
	German People's Party	4,380	4.43	1
	Catholic People's Representatives (Centre Party)	2,556	2.58	0
	German State Party	832	0.84	0
	Lippe Rural People	701	0.71	0
Total		98,941	100.00	21

Source: ^[7]

References

^ "Landtagswahlen 1919-1933 - Lippe".
^ Wells, Roger H. (April 1936). "The Liquidation of the German Länder". The American Political Science Review. 30 (2). American Political Science Association: 351–352. doi:10.2307/1947263. JSTOR 1947263.
^ Gonschior, Andreas. "Der Freistaat Lippe Wahl zur Landtag 1919". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2001-05-27. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
^ Gonschior, Andreas. "Der Freistaat Lippe Landtagswahl 1922". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2001-05-25. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
^ Gonschior, Andreas. "Der Freistaat Lippe Landtagswahl 1925". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2001-05-25. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
^ Gonschior, Andreas. "Der Freistaat Lippe Landtagswahl 1929". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2001-05-25. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
^ Gonschior, Andreas. "Der Freistaat Lippe Landtagswahl 1933". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2001-05-25. Retrieved 18 April 2022.

[1] "Landtagswahlen 1919-1933 - Lippe".

[2] Wells, Roger H. (April 1936). "The Liquidation of the German Länder". The American Political Science Review. 30 (2). American Political Science Association: 351–352. doi:10.2307/1947263. JSTOR 1947263.

[3] Gonschior, Andreas. "Der Freistaat Lippe Wahl zur Landtag 1919". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2001-05-27. Retrieved 20 May 2021.

[4] Gonschior, Andreas. "Der Freistaat Lippe Landtagswahl 1922". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2001-05-25. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

[5] Gonschior, Andreas. "Der Freistaat Lippe Landtagswahl 1925". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2001-05-25. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

[6] Gonschior, Andreas. "Der Freistaat Lippe Landtagswahl 1929". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2001-05-25. Retrieved 18 April 2022.

[7] Gonschior, Andreas. "Der Freistaat Lippe Landtagswahl 1933". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2001-05-25. Retrieved 18 April 2022.

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